On Uganda By Bono At Clinton Library Opening

U-2's Bono and The Edge performed in a Little Rock downpour today at the opening ceremony for the William J. Clinton Presidential Library - and while the New York Times coverage (along with all the other elite media) blew it off - it was very gratifying to hear Bono credit Clinton with (and providing the example of) a tripling of elementary school enrollments in Uganda - made possible by the President's efforts with international debt relief on behalf of the world's twenty seven poorest nations. It was a case of, once again, Uganda 'coming up on radar' in the media. As that country did last week during Tony Blair's meeting with George W. Bush at the White House - where Blair laid out his priorities going forward in partnership with the Bush Administration.

Nice to hear this, as Seattle's own grassroots N.G.O. (Non-Governmental Organization) Sister Schools has been involved with encouragement of Uganda's progress in development through educational achievement - via unique partnership between children in the Puget Sound area and their counterparts throughout Uganda.


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